The Explicit Teaching of Vocabulary

Thursday, 13th September 2018
at 1:00pm
– Doors open at 12:45pm
The Kyra Training Centre, The Priory Pembroke Academy

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Why is the explicit teaching of vocabulary so important?

The most recent meta-analysis, by Elleman et al., into reading in
the United States included 37 studies. Among the findings was that students with reading difficulties who were
exposed to vocabulary instruction benefited three
times as much as those who were not.

Why is this particularly
important to Disadvantaged Pupils?

“From birth to 48 months, parents in professional families spoke 32 million more words to their
children thanparents in
welfare families, and this talk gap between the ages of 0 and 3 year – not
parents education, socio-economic status, or race – explains the vocabulary and
language gap at age 3 and the reading and math achievement gap aged 10.”The
Achievement Gap in Reading, 2017, Edited by Rosalind Horowitz and S. Jay
Samuels – Routledge, p151

What have the Research School and the Mobilise Project been doing to
develop the teaching of vocabulary?

As part of the Mobilise project we conducted a trial across 19 classes
in seven schools: a total of 411 pupils participated in the trial. In our trial
pupils made up to four months additional progress in their vocabulary learning
to compared to the control group.

What the Research School is offering:

The chance to be part of a replication
‘Randomised Control Trial’ with other schools to evaluate impact and have a
‘research poster’ to share data with staff and governors.

Initial training for school leads into the
research around ‘best practice’ in teaching vocabulary from EYFS to KS3/4

This training will include:

Guidance on implementing the research across
the whole school so the practice is adopted in every classroom and sustained
throughout the year, using research material from the EEF

Training in assessment in vocabulary across
the school and how to evaluate impact

Training materials for all year groups
Questions for governors and a governor timeline to help monitor impact

A logic model and ‘theory of change’ to
allow schools to implement, monitor and evaluate the impact of teaching
vocabulary

Optional follow on support (which may incur
an additional charge) to ensure fidelity and sustainability